The president of Colonial Club was issued a summons Monday for serving a minor and maintaining a nuisance, Borough Police Lt.
Three weeks after Amir Rosenfeld finished his graduate exams, he walked to his local recruiting station and, like every other Israeli youth, joined the military.
Princeton Borough Mayor Marvin Reed's decision not to run for reelection Friday has prompted praise of his accomplishments, while at least one candidate has made public his intention to vie for the empty seat.Reed, a Democrat, said his decision to retire made sense because of the timing of the Borough's projects."A lot of those things came to fruition this year so I have the rest of the year to finish them," said Reed, 71.University Director of Community and State Affairs Pam Hersh praised Reed for his commitment to the job.
The University announced the three finalists in the running for the Class of 2003's Young Alumni Trustee yesterday.
While Dan Pastor '03 was walking down the Street, he found out he'd soon be flying down to Chile with the support of the Martin Dale '53 Fellowship.Pastor, a politics major, discovered he had won the fellowship last month when Associate Dean of the College Clair Fowler happened to see him, Pastor said.He was shocked.
Firestone Library, Frist Campus Center and other study spaces filled up quickly yesterday as midterms and senior theses sent students in search of a quiet niche.
The current situation in Iraq may negatively affect the plan for expanding the European Union, George Cunningham, head of press and public affairs at the European Commission Delegation in New York, said yesterday.In his lecture "EU Enlargement: The Challenges Ahead," Cunningham outlined the challenges of the EU's plans for adding up to 13 new countries to the current 15.The candidate countries ? most of which are former Communist states ? must meet stringent standards before they can enter the union.
Religion is becoming the defining issue of U.S. politics, William Kristol, editor-in-chief of the conservative journal The Weekly Standard, said yesterday.
The Rev. Pat Robertson, a leading Christian evangelist who holds controversial views on topics such as Islam and homosexuality, has accepted an invitation from the American Whig-Cliosophic Society to speak on campus.Robertson founded the Christian Coalition of America and made an unsuccessful bid for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination.As host of the highest-rated Christian talk show in history, Robertson has called Islam a religion that seeks to control, dominate or "if need be, destroy" others, according to The New York Times.News of Robertson's invitation has elicited a negative response from students who characterize his views as little more than hate speech."It's a big mistake to give a bigot a pulpit to speak," said Taufiq Rahim '04, chair of the governance board of the Carl A.
The very concept of physics is foreign to most four year-olds, but it was not to senior Adrienne Erickcek, who recently won a Churchill fellowship for yearlong graduate study at Cambridge University's Churchill College."As early as kindergarten I was saying I wanted to be a physicist," Erickcek said.
Nearly four months after the assault on John Brantl '05, two of the five alleged University of Pennsylvania assailants officially entered an 18-month probationary program.Penn sophomore Thomas Bispham and freshman David Hochfelder appeared before court at the Criminal Justice Center on Friday morning to receive their sentences.They entered a program called Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition.
Rachel Wagner '03 took the LSAT last June, but decided to defer her application, in part because of "the almost unprecedented level of competition."The recent economic recession led more students to take the LSAT last October than ever before, Rebecca Ross, assistant director of Career Services, told The Daily Princetonian earlier this month."When the economy is soft like it is right now," said Paul Hassen, assistant director of public affairs for the American Council of Education, "very often what happens is enrollment in grad schools increases as people look for alternatives to improve themselves."Student response to the stiff competition has been mixed.Dan Hantman '03 said he knew this year would be hard, but every year has been competitive."I knew that's what I wanted to do, so I was going to give it my best shot," Hantman said.Wagner would like to spend next year working as a legal assistant in a district attorney's office, or traveling.
Had actress Amanda Peet's character, Cynthia Banek, wanted to marry an "honest man," she wouldn't have married Ben Affleck's character, Gavin.
Catherine Farmer '03, chair of the Honor Committee, proposed changes to the procedural advising process and eliminating the University president's involvement in the honor system at a USG meeting last night.
With "no war" chants and signs encouraging passersby to "honk for peace," more than 425 protesters made evident their antiwar stance Saturday, picketing Palmer Square and then marching to the Princeton battlefield.The event, organized by the University's Princeton Peace Network and the local community group Coalition for Peace Action, was intentionally held on National Women's Day, coordinators said."Women have been peacemakers throughout history and this is a way we can gather and celebrate that leadership and commitment," Karen Mazzola, associate director of the CFPA said.David Konieczkowski '06, chairman of Princeton Committee against Terrorism, observed the day and said, "If you look at the purpose of International Women's Day, it's to promote equality and justice.
Ninety sophomores learned Friday they will shape the future of public policy when they were selected from 167 applicants to major in the Wilson School.
Though the relationship between the Borough and the University is in some areas harmonious, two issues ? student alcohol abuse and the University's financial commitment to the Borough ? draw attention to the difficulties of having a wealthy, elite institution in a quiet town known for its affluent neighborhoods.Disagreement over how to curb some students' risky drinking habits has led to police investigations on the Street and the proposal of an alcohol enforcement ordinance.These high-profile events reflect a struggle over whether it is the University or the Borough that will interpret students' rights and protect them when they endanger themselves."The goal is to create a safe environment, where no one is served so much alcohol that they can die," said Charles Davall, Borough police chief.
In recent weeks, the Ivy Council ? a group of delegates from all undergraduate student governments at Ivy League colleges ? has discussed a possible resolution backing affirmative action."We hope to pass a resolution at our spring conference at Princeton the weekend of April 4-6," Edward Pritchett ? Yale sophomore and Ivy Council vice president for external affairs ? said in an email.The issue is of particular prominence recently because the Supreme Court will rule on two University of Michigan affirmative action cases this spring.The Ivy Council makes public statements on "large-scale political issues," said Princeton delegate Bryan Hiscox '04, in an email.
With the likelihood of war against Iraq growing with every breaking news report, the sentiment at the University has been decidedly mixed.A walk by the television screen in Frist Campus Center reveals the contradiction: during busy lunch hours, the channel is turned to ESPN, yet later, in off-peak times, CNN reporters can be heard relaying the latest news.Aside from a certain indifference in television watching, some University students and professors have taken an activist approach.
When University politics professor Ezra Suleiman was born in Iraq in 1941, it was still possible that Nazis would reach his country and kill him.When he speaks about the looming war with Iraq today, he knows his current home is poised to invade his former home.Suleiman, now a top American scholar of European politics, describes Iraq, home to countless generations of his Jewish family, as prone to violence but possibly suited to democracy.
